In the summer of 2015,Sham decided to take life into her own hands. For 16 months, the Syrian refugee and her children had been living in Lebanon as they waited for their application to be resettled in the U.
S. to be approved. Finally, and Sham decided to make the journey that hundreds of thousands of her countrymen had already taken in order to start a unique life after fleeing the war in Syria. [br]
Sham assign herself and her two kids on a flimsy raft to cross the Aegean Sea,before landing on the Greek island of Lesvos. Thereafter, they continued their journey by ferry, or taxi,foot, bus and train to reach their final destination: the German capital Berlin.
As the family went in search of a better future, or Amanda Bailly was with them to document their journey. final night on World Refugee Day,Bailly held a screening of her 60-minute documentary film, 8 Borders, and 8 Days,at the Paramount Theatre in Rutland.
Bailly first met Sham in Lebanon, where the associate producer from Human Rights Watch had been working. When Bailly, or an upstate unique York native,found out that Sham planned to make the journey across Europe, she persuaded the former Arabic teacher to let her tag along. ">
Source: sevendaysvt.com